OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence, characteristics, and compensation of members of the boards of directors of healthcare industry companies who hold academic appointments as leaders, professors, or trustees. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING US healthcare companies publicly traded on the NASDAQ or New York Stock Exchange in 2013. PARTICIPANTS 3434 directors of pharmaceutical, biote...

As the challenges of leading in healthcare become more complex, healthcare institutions have increasingly emphasized the importance of leadership training for physicians. Several institutions have offered in-house training programs. This paper describes the 14-year experience and evolution of physician leadership development training at the Cleveland Clinic. We describe the curriculum, organiza...

BACKGROUND Health insurance contributes to reducing the economic burden of disease and improving access to healthcare. In 2016, the Chinese government announced the integration of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) and Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance (URBMI) to reduce system segmentation. Nevertheless, it was unclear whether there would be any geographic variation in health insura...

BACKGROUND The interrelation between health and academic performance is well established. Academic institutions have a larger mandate, beyond academic instruction alone. The objective is to contribute holistically to student development through various paradigms, ultimately culminating in student success. To meet the global challenges of a changing educational system, educational institutions t...

OBJECTIVE To determine what factors have a significant influence on the performance of medical device maintenance outsourcing, and to determine how the performance of external governance structures differs depending on whether a hospital is private or public. METHODS This was a longitudinal study of 590 maintenance transactions at 20 hospitals in Bogotá, Colombia, involving 764 medical device...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this research was to examine racial differences in trust in various healthcare institutions. METHOD In telephone interviews, 195 Whites, 183 Blacks, and 171 Latinos from Durham, NC indicated how often they trust various institutions (community doctors, local hospitals, county health department, insurance companies, and state and federal government) to do what is best for...

care institutions in Japan began in 1985. That year, a joint committee was established between the Japan Medical Association and the Ministry of Health and Welfare to develop a self-evaluation manual for quality of healthcare institutions by 1989. Although convenient, self-evaluation of the quality of medical care lacks objectiveness and, therefore, the need for thirdparty evaluation was pointe...

The healthcare system continues to evolve, requiring innovation to promote patient-centred, fiscally responsible healthcare delivery. This evolution includes changes to the skills and competencies required of the health human resources (HHR), both regulated and unregulated, who are central supports to healthcare delivery. This has become a priority agenda item at the international, national, pr...

The article reveals the conceptual principles of management in health care institutions. purpose is to determine foundations system institutions context state's implementation sustainable development strategy. legal framework that regulates process has been defined. Features medical facilities are outlined. definition field clarified, taking into account peculiarities subject and object charact...